The Hound was hoping against all hope that federal Judge James Zagel would let former Illinois Gov. Rod "Help, I'm a Celebrity and I need a Lawyer' Blagojevich go on that reality show in Costa Rica. Knowing Blago's luck, he would have been eaten by a caiman. For those of you who don't know your reptiles from an Illinois politician, they're the Central American version of an alligator.
Just think: Blago being eaten by a gator's cousin would save us taxpayers a lot of money, his family a lot of grief and money and U.S. attorneys a lot of time they could devote to real criminals, like the guys who keep on robbing banks in the six-county area.
The Hound's siblings, however, were hoping Blago would have gotten the go-ahead to head to the NBC show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" because they complain they haven't seen a good reality show since Chuck Barris' "Gong Show". They just recounted the exploits of "Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine" and "The Unknown Comic" over Easter dinner recently.
Think it's tough on "Hell's Kitchen", not according to The Hound's brothers who maintain the "Gong Show" paved the way for the current reality show crop, including "The Biggest Loser". But The Hound digresses. The judge said he doesn't believe Blago understands the full weight of the charges against him.
Perhaps he's right. Welcome to the first unreality star. And, be careful, Blago, you just might end up being gonged.
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